South Attic, Early Wednesday Morning

[demonbelthazor]

Bel slept uneasily, tossing and turning, his dreams haunted as much as his waking hours.

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[sensethevisions]

Phoebe woke up when she heard Cole cry out and she grabbed him to hug him. "Cole? Cole, what happened?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Just a -- just a dream," he said, trying to shake off the remains of it. "I'm okay."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe looked at him and then shook her head. "I can feel that you're upset, love. What's going on?" Her eyes were worried as she touched his face.

[demonbelthazor]

"I've been seeing a ghost," Cole confessed. "Someone...from my past."

[sensethevisions]

"That makes three of you that I know of for sure," Phoebe said softly, nodding. She caressed him gently. "What are they saying to you? Lana's is trying to get her to kill herself, I don't know what's haunting Archie... But you... what is your's doing?"

[demonbelthazor]

"She's a witch," Cole said hesitantly. "She...wants me to remember. What I did. To her."

[sensethevisions]

"A witch... one of your... kills?" Phoebe held Cole to her, trying to offer him comfort. "But you do remember," she said softly.

[demonbelthazor]

He shook his head. "I try not to think about it."

[marsheadtilt]

Claire immediately recognized a kindred spirit and watched in shock as the witch comforted the demon.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe touched his face. "I know, but something like that is always with you," she said gently. "And Cole, you're not that person anymore. You've changed and you're trying to atone. If you were the same one..." she swallowed. "You would have killed me a long time ago." She bit her lip. "I know you did a lot of killings of witches back then... but do you think there is a reason this one is here? Do you know which one she is?"

[demonbelthazor]

Cole looked over at Claire. "She...she was my first," he said softly. Then he closed his eyes and shook his head. "I don't want to think about it. I just want her to go away."

[marsheadtilt]

"You can make me go away," Claire told him.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe was torn. She really wanted to know who the witch was that was causing Cole distress, but she also wanted Cole to not be upset or in pain. She ran a hand through his hair gently.

"Is she threatening you?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Not really," Cole said. "She wants me to remember her. I just want to forget her."

[marsheadtilt]

"I can't forget you," Claire pointed out, lifting her chin again so he could see the scar across her throat.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe closed her eyes for a moment, trying to see if she could detect anyone else in the room, but all she was feeling were Cole's emotions. She opened her eyes and looked at him. "Is she here, now?"